Magarpatta exploitation by Pune Municipality- Email to PMC Commissioner

This is in reference to exorbitant property tax bill of 850sq ft, new flats in Magarpatta city, to tune of Rs25,000 with Rs 15,000 arrear in first bill !

1.       This is historical moment that Pune municipality entertained request to pay first property tax  bill in installments, acknowledging it to be exorbitant for flat occupiers.

2.       Pune Prop Tax commissioner, Mr Vilas Kanade allowed First bill of 25000/- payment in installments. We should not have such high first bill, or otherwise, requiring installments.

3.       Arrear comes from unpaid bill, not in first bill. Illegal Arrear of 15000/- in first property tax bill from PMC Pune, should be taken off. No one has heard arrear in first bill.

4.      MOFA-Maharastra govt act, states that ownership is transferred to flat buyers as soon as 60% flats are sold so that one doesn’t pay tax, without being owner. But it seems, PMC devised a new term- ‘Occupier’ to support builder and work as builder’s organization than a government body. Please expunge this term, to protect Indian’s interest/rights and charge the tax from builder till society is formed /ownership is transferred to buyers.

5.       Taxation of Magarpatta flats is 10 times more than of houses worth crores, of my neighbors- including of owner and builder of so called Magarpatta township. In other words, there is no uniform tax applicable in same-Hadapsar Pune area. Details attached below from PMC website.

6.       Average metered water connection charge, PMC claimed as Rs 300. Our flats with 2-4 persons have 2400/- water tax against normal 300/-, where Magarpatta’s Commercial IT towers(eg O/1/20/01334005 ) with 1000 employees have lesser- Rs 2000/- water tax. Residential flats’ water tax more than commercial property having more carpet area is invalid & need correction.

7.       Details of taxation of Magarpatta commercial towers shows that only few floors are taxed and all 10 crore tax is due, while PMC is imposing penalty on us-without ownership.
Floor/Level 7: tower 1,3,4 & 12 only- what about of tower 2,4,5,6,11? Tax free?
level 6: tower 1,3,4,10,12 only what about other towerss 2,5,6
Level 5: tower 1,3,4,5,11,12 only  [avaya tower 11
Level 4: Towers 1,2,4,5,11,12                   [ avaya tower 11
Level 3: 10,11,12                         [avaya tower 11 combined]
Level 2: 10,11,12
Level 1: 2,6,12
Level O- Towers 2,6,12 only
iii) Patni has full bldg, but tax is only for 3 floors than 7 floors?
iv) amdocs: Tower 2: What is taxation of level 5,6,7? Tower 12's level 1?
v) EDS-An Mphasis company: What about tax of floor 2,3 of tower2?
vi) TOWER -6 : P/1/20/01334000  SATISH D.MAGAR (PAH)  SHRI. SATISH D.MAGAR (PAH)  S.NO.143 TO.147,MPTCC-2, CYBERCITY MAGARPATTA CITY HADAPSAR PUNE-28   is shown as owner of the tower. Tax should be from owner that occupier- term PMC devised.

vi) Tower 6: no details of tax of floor 5. Tax free?

8.        Tax commissioner told we are occupiers of flats and not owners. If Magarpatta Company is owner, PMC should not ask tax from us. So should be for renters of Magarpatta Commerical towers. Should we pay tax, when we are not owners but tenants on the premises? (If society is not formed under MOFA (stipulates society formation with 60% flat sale), as per PMC, the place belongs to builder. So owner is builder and tax should be from builder. If building falls, I will not get place to build flat again). Evident fact that we are not owner is that

I)                    We are not allowed to use lift for luggage and are forced to carry luggage, in hand/head or pay penalty to the Magarpatta company/builder of Rs 1000. Builder’s guard switches off lifts, if resisted.

II)                  Without Magarpatta issued id card of Rs 100, we are not allowed to enter Magarpatta road at night. Autos are forced to take detour to commercial buildings’ access gate- 1.5 km circuitous route.

III)                Even our servants have to seek permission to work with us, from Magarpatta company for annual fee of Rs 40- without any receipt. Else they are harassed or denied to enter.

IV)                Every resident in this area has to register with Magarpatta builder cum owner @Rs 100

V)                  Even taxi with renter IT companies have to pay 1000/- as one time registration charge with 100/- id card fees, to be allowed to run his taxi in Magarpatta.

VI)                 For sale permission for flats, we pay 3Lacs to Magarpatta company along with 10% service tax to government, besides stamp duty. Is it a service on which tax is required?

VII)              We can’t use any notice board of our bldg without fee & permission of Magarpatta Comp

VIII)            We pay for parking to Magarpatta company/builder, even if we park vehicle outside our house or office or our vehicles are locked for penalty of Rs 100-5000. Without payment of penalty of Rs 5000, they held a truck for 5 days under my bldg. [ As per Magarpatta company, here builder rules and govt rules don’t work here.]

IX)                Builder’s vehicle or its authorized vehicle –like CWG item sale item can stand all day but our vehicles are locked or shooed away even when we are standing to wait for somebody in front of its commercial tower.

X)                  We have signage for Magarpatta company& its advertisements and can’t for our bldgs.

XI)                We can’t use club house or gym, pool without permission & fee to the builder to tune of Rs 25000/-.  He imposes penalty of 5000/- by forfeiting deposit, he takes, to allow use of club house[besides Rs 4000 for use], at his whims.

XII)              He closes any road for his financial gain eg shootings, access of market for exclusive access to his hotel-‘Cocoon’ or at his whims like road access to Jasminium bldgs[ A wall has been erected].

XIII)            Magarpatta builder charges Rs40,000 from paper men for his and paperman’s monopoly & restrict  paper/milk man access to single vendor- his company shareholder.

XIV)            We paid 2-5Lacs with Rs 20-50,000 Stax to government, for civic maintenance to builder, with no accountability to builder who uses it, as per his will with no MOFA act applicable to him. We pay him for even a small work like drainage cleaning, fee with Service tax !

XV)              6 unused, manned Parking are reserved for builder cum owner of Magarpatta in busy market. If we try to park there, our vehicles are locked and penalty is imposed.

XVI)            Holi, our brotherhood cultivating festival, is prohibited near our flats and penalty is imposed if enjoyed. It is instructed to see celebrations by unknowns, at his field only.

XVII)          No roof access to us, to see moon on festival like Ramzan Eid or Karvachouth as per builder’s order.

XVIII)        Commercial service apartments in residential area, with impunity against residents’ wish, rented thru builder’s company- ULC. PMC waived off commercial tax charges as support.

9.       If PMC has to tax, get refunded the maintenance money and Stax. Why double taxation? Let PMC pick my garbage and mow the garden as for other Pune residents and collect the tax from us. Why tax for free when PMC allowed our builder to take heavy maintenance money with Stax.

It should not be that PMC and builder both have control over same land and both will charge for maintenance of civic amenities!

10.   PMC should not charge the tax from tenants of the property- based on sale agreement with no rights on property.

11.   For lack of water supply, PMC suggested to contact Magarpatta as it supplied water to them and not to us, then we shouldn’t pay water tax to PMC & that too more than larger commercial ones?

12.   PMC gives 10% rebate for solar panel and 40% rebate for self occupied house. There is no municipality/place in India, where property tax is Rs 10,000, after 50% discount of a 850sq residential flat or otherwise. Pune should not have such high taxation for Magarpatta flats.

13.   As per PMC commissioner statement in Indian Express, Magarpatta city is handling all civic activities, without any penny being spent by PMC, then we should not have 10 types of tax with such high bill. Gen tax for payment of PMC salary should be only tax applicable, if at all.

14.   PMC is giving discount of 40% on 1 component and not on total bill, as in other municipality. Correct this anomaly for reasonable tax bill.

15.   PMC commissioner refused to correct the bill for 10% discount for solar/water harvesting in area, which PMC commissioner has ordered in 2008 for Magarpatta flats. Please get this corrected.

16.   Property tax of below is  Rs 2000/- which seems to be a big house.

  P/1/20/01123000 S NO 142/6,MAGAR PETROLIUM

P/1/20/00885000  Address  S NO 143,MAGARPATTA HADAPSAR,PUNE 411 028 

Property Description S NO 142/6, HADAPSAR,PUNE                       tax 2000/-

17.   Below property of TUPE VITTHAL BABURAO worth several crores have tax as low as Rs 2 !

           P/1/47/02526000  S NO 139/6GH MAGAR PATTA HADAPSAR,PUNE 411 028  --- Tax 500/-

P/1/47/02628000 S NO 147/12 MAGAR PATTA   ---Tax 500/- [ This year's Rs 13 only]----owner -----TUPE VITTHAL BABURAO

P/1/47/02639000  S NO 147/21 MAGAR PATTA =-Tax 600/-TUPE VITTHAL BABURAO

P/1/47/02631000  S NO 147/14B MAGAR PATTA ----tax 500/[ This year Rs 10]------ P/1/47/02645000 --S NO 148/1B,

P/1/47/02641000 --S NO 147/23

P/1/47/02629000 -- S NO 147/13

P/1/47/02635000 --S NO 147/17

P/1/47/02626000   S NO 147/10

P/1/47/02627000   S NO 147/11

 PMC is unreasonably, charging crores of tax from ordinary law-abiding occupiers- not owners. Instead it should have tax collection from owners of the property and @ same rate to all.

18.   PMC should have property no & tax collection from Magarpatta company’s PMS dept - commercial office to collect money for its Cable TV business, maintenance charges, club house charges, laundry room charges and cheques for NOC, collection of payment for flats’ sale.

19.   PMC should have property no & tax collection of Magarpatta’s commercial Gym and swimming pool, Deccan harvest restaurant, Yummy tummy restaurant. They should not be free from tax.

20.   PMC should have property no & tax collection of Magarpatta’s commercial  admin office in Magarpatta Pentagon tower? From there, it is controlling the Nanded commercial office too.

21.   PMC should have property no & tax collection of Magarpatta’s Cocoon Hotel in Magarpatta City.

22.   PMC should have property no & tax collection of Magarpatta’s commercial 2 laundry shops in each society @ rent of Rs 10,000 pm.  Eg Jasminium C1 –opp to lift, B Bldg, So in Grevillia, roystonea and so on.

23.   PMC should have property no & tax collection details of Magarpatta’s John Deere's tower earning lakhs of rental revenue for the owner cum builder.

24.   PMC should have property no & tax collection details of Magarpatta’s club houses used for commercial purposes. We pay Rs3000-4000 per use to Magarpatta company/builder.

25.   Magarpatta township has parking collection to tune of 15000 per day from employees, residents and equal amount of penalty charges. PMS should share its part legally as does police to support its illegal holding of vehicles.

26.   If we stay in Magarpatta builder owned property, we should not pay property tax and if its under purview of govt, its guards should not be at entry roads to stop me, papermen/milkmen to enter for Magarpatta builder’s monopoly and we paying parking charges, without PMC tender.  Magarpatta builder charges Rs40,000 from paper men for his and paperman monopoly.

27.   Magarpatta Company can lock/restrain our vehicles, restrict use of lifts and charge penalty to extent of Rs 5000/- from us/truck as it is owner, then tax to PMC should come from owner.

28.   Property tax rebate of 10% on 10,000 is 200/- and 2% penalty on 4000/- is also 200/-. That is unfair and illogical. PMC should take off the heavy penalty of 25% on adv tax and have correct, equal tax code.

29.   Before 25% penalty, recover property tax of commercial towers of Magarpatta pending for last 6 years- to tune of 10 crores.

30.   Is 25% penalty on advance tax justified when PMC is squandering tax money brazenly on marathon, Switzerland trip, study tours, BRTS against limit of 3Lacs ? No other municipality in India, has such draconian measure with heavy tax after waste of public money.

31.   Instead of 25% penalty, PMC should not sponsor Sahitya sammelan with 51 Lacs Rs 20 lakh for the Pune Festival in February and Rs 15 lakh cash for the Baisakhi Festival than its limit of 3Lac donation against the law.

32.   Check for property O/1/20/0091805

 F/1/39/05711000???--     F/509,S NO 145[P]146[P]M P T 3,BLDG-F,MAGARPATTA TOWN SHIP SOC,HADAPSAR,PUNE 411 028  -2000/- tax- where is this society?

 F/1/39/05676000         MAGARPATTA TOWN SHIP SOC,HADAPSAR,PUNE 411 028   - Where is this society? And where is this flat/property?              

33.   PMC may charge as tax for UNINOR/laburnum advertisement on all over Magarpatta road if its not Magarpatta private road. If its Magarpatta private property, take tax from owner.

34.   PMC takes rental for illegally sold parking, sold against MOFA & Supreme Court ruling, registered at govt office. Rental for sold property is again illegal that too by govt body-PMC! Stop rental or get the parking price of 1.5Lac refunded from builder cum owner of the property!

Samples of property tax of properties in vicinity of Magarpatta is attached with tax- Rs 5 to 2100/- of properties worth crores against ours-without ownership of Rs 10,000.

Name	Address	Tax	Prop no
TUPE VITTHAL BABURAO (OCC)	S NO 147/7 C HADAPSAR	2,156	O/1/47/02622001
TUPE NIVRUTTI KUSHABA	S NO 147/2A MAGAR PATTA	5	P/1/47/02614000
TUPE VITTHAL BABURAO	S NO 147/12 MAGAR PATTA	6	P/1/47/02628000
SHRI TUPE VITTHAL BABURAO	S NO 147/14B MAGAR PATTA	5	P/1/47/02631000
SHRI TUPE VITTHAL BABURAO	S NO 147/21 MAGAR PATTA	275	P/1/47/02639000
SHRI TUPE VITTHAL BABURAO	S NO 147/23, MAGAR PATTA	2	P/1/47/02641000
SHRI TUPE VITTHAL BABURAO	S NO 147/16A MAGAR PATTA HADAPSAR	486	P/1/47/02633000
SHRI TUPE NIVRUTTI KUSHABA	S NO 147/19 MAGAR PATTA	16	P/1/47/02637000
SHRI TUPE SHRIPATI MARUTI	S NO 147/22, MAGAR PATTA	275	P/1/47/02640000
TUPE CHANDRABHAGA BABURAO	S NO 147/8 MAGAR PATTA	511	P/1/47/02623000
HARSHADA DHARMAVARAM	S.NO.147(P)'IRIS', MAGARPATTA	3643	O/1/20/01520045
	BLDG 'E', IN JASMINIUM	4546	O/1/20/01740019
KAPARE	149 MAGARPATTA ROAD	548	P/1/20/00404000
	H NO 149 HADAPSAR	278	P/1/47/00253000
BHUJBAL BAJIRAO RAMBHAU	OCC NO 2 S NO 150/2/10 HADAPSAR	926	O/1/47/00799002
KADAM KAMAL	H NO 150/2/9 MAGARPATTA	960	P/1/47/00736000
GEORGE CHIRAPPURATHU	FLAT 402 KUMAR PRASANNA	1990	O/1/15/09239026
JOHN BAPTIST	F NO 103 ,WING A/3,RAVI PARK	1902	F/1/41/04895000
	FLOWER VELLEY	2556	O/1/15/09267048
rent-AMDOCS BUSINESS-8flrs	143 TO 147 MAGARPATTA	622204	O/1/20/01334005
Renter--MPHASIS		282,060	O/1/20/01606004
BLOCK FOR MR. PRAKASH DESHMUKH			O/1/47/05102142
BLOCK FOR PRAKASH DESHMUKH			O/1/47/05102154
BLOCK FOR PRAKASH DESHMUKH			O/1/47/05102254
BLOCKED FOR WATVE	Is it a name?		O/1/20/01756559

‘Blocked for’ doesn’t seem any valid name.

Considering above fact, I request you to     a.   recover the property tax from commercial properties and b.  from the owner- Magarpatta company who we paid heavily- 300 crores with 30 crores service tax to government, till MOFA act is implemented and we get ownership and with parity in taxation in area.

Without ownership, freedom to live peacefully, parity in tax, paying tax is tantamount to support our exploitation- by govt body and builder, in collusion.

Thanks.

On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Magarpatta Resident <magarpattaresident@gmail.com> wrote:
Sir:
You are all senior administrator. We got 1st bill of 25000/- bill this year. We paid 2-3 L per flat to Magarpatta too for maintenance ! Is it not double taxation? Why we should pay tax when other people in Pune pay lesser tax and still get PMC water and garbage collected by PMC but here we don't get PMC water and Magarpatta controls water(will give full day water cut(9-5) from Monday!) and Magarpatta collects garbage!

If there was no problem, we would not have approached you! We feel 10,000 is exorbitant tax when salary of some of the PMC employee might be 10000 itself.

ii) In wanawadi, 1700sq ft has tax of 4500 and we for 750sq feet will pay Rs 10000? You need to look into this gap. Just saying that property is new and so tax will be 5 times seems to be injustice to 1000s of residents.

iii) For 10% solar rebate,advising WO Hadapsar & looking for its recommendation even when we gave letter of PMC commissioner of 2008, seems to be your suggestion that we will not get corrected bill for last 3 years inspite of PMC sending us the consolidated one bill for 3 years!

iv) Please acknowledge that PMC has passed the 'Magarpatta city' act and acknowledged the maintenance fee of 2L( now they are charging 3L) ie nearly 1 crore per bldg collection for maintenance and so you should give all tax waiver to residents and should charge tax from Magarpatta company, if any. Asking the higher tax than other Pune residents is super double tax whammy.


Please review the taxation, considering hard earned money of public involved!
Either you cancel the city act and hence Magarpatta collection of maintenance money of 2-3L per flat and start collecting garbage and supply water to us or charge Magarpatta company the tax- whatever applicable!

Thanks.
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Jasminium Resident <magarpattaresident@gmail.com> wrote:

To,                                                                                                                                                           18/4/2010

The Commissioner,

The Tax assessor & Collector,

PMC Pune.

Sub: Correction of the property tax for Jasminium Magarpatta Pune

Sir:

Many of us have the received our first bill on 16^th April 2010 in total of 25000/-.

Please consider the following facts and advise the staff to issue the corrected bill from residents to tune of few crores!

a.       The type of property is defined as occupier and not flat? Why not? Whats the difference?

b.      We didn’t get the solar & vermicular discount of 10% inspite of PMC commissioner letter for Magarpatta issued in 2005?

c.       We didn’t get the discount of 40% of self occupied. And we are being suggested that we will get the rebate in next bill!

d.      We don’t have PMC water connection and are getting ground water mix from Magarpatta. You asked us to pay Rs90,000 for water tax from just 1 bldg! Please review! 25 Crore water yearly tax just from just one society? Are we really using water to extent of 250 crores worth water?

e.      We have internal sewerage disposal system so request you for waiver of sewer tax.

f.        We have got exorbitant bill to tune of Rs 10000 per flat ie 4L per bldg! People pay 2500/--4000/-in other areas!

Please look into the issues urgently so that we can deposit adjusted tax of previous 1.5 years and adjusted advance tax asap.

 Thanking you,

                                                                                                                                                                Sincerely Yours

                                                                                                                  Magarpatta Residents, Hadapsar Pune  Magarpattacitycity.com